| Title {1} | A web-based educational therapy intervention associated with physical exercise to promote health in fibromyalgia in Brazil: the AMIGOS DE FIBRO (FIBRO FRIENDS) study protocol |
| Trial registration {2a and 2b}. | The protocol was registered in the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials RBR-3rh759 (https://trialsearch.who.int/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=RBR-3rh759). |
| Protocol version {3} | Version 1, Date: June 3, 2023 |
| Funding {4} | This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001. This funding collaborated with a doctoral scholarship for the researcher in charge, contributing to the study design process and the collection, analysis and interpretation of data and writing of the manuscript. The promoted grant helps the researcher stay at the university, covering expenses with housing, food and academic research. |
| Author details {5a} |
Mateus Dias Antunes1, Felipe Cayres Nogueira da Rocha Loures2, Ingred Merllin Batista de Souza1, Ariela Torres Cruz1, Priscila de Oliveira Januário1, Ana Carolina Basso Schmitt1, Elisa Frutos-Bernal3, Ana María Martín-Nogueras4, Amélia Pasqual Marques1 1. Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 2. Rheumatologist at the “Clínica de Reumatismo Rocha Loures” in the city of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. 3. Department of Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. 4. Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. |
| Name and contact information for the trial sponsor {5b} |
Mateus Dias Antunes Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Rua Cipotânea, 51, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 05360-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Email: mateusantunes@usp.br Tel: +55 11 3091-7459 |
| Role of sponsor {5c} | The funder is only responsible for the doctoral scholarship to the researcher in charge. |